If someone had come up to me at Yale and asked me how many homosexuals there were in my class, I would have said I don't think there are any. There may have been a few who were shy with girls. You have to understand, this was the 1950s.
You're talking about the 1970s now and not the 1950s. We were all more sophisticated by that time, and I just assumed he was gay. But I do remember w… - Kevin Sessums
You're talking about the 1970s now and not the 1950s. We were all more sophisticated by that time, and I just assumed he was gay. But I do remember w…
- Kevin Sessums
When one person mentors, two lives are changed. - Kevin Sessums
When one person mentors, two lives are changed.
There's always a door you don't get in. I'm a star in my own right for certain things. I'll own that. During Oscar weekend I did fabulous things. But… - Kevin Sessums
There's always a door you don't get in. I'm a star in my own right for certain things. I'll own that. During Oscar weekend I did fabulous things. But…
If there was criticism about [Oscar Wilde], it was because it was written by a straight man who wasn't very educated about the gay world. - Kevin Sessums
If there was criticism about [Oscar Wilde], it was because it was written by a straight man who wasn't very educated about the gay world.
[Calvin Trilllin] is not writing about things that I can criticize. I can call these other people out for what I think they are not doing. There's a … - Kevin Sessums
[Calvin Trilllin] is not writing about things that I can criticize. I can call these other people out for what I think they are not doing. There's a …
I think I just felt a sadness at some points in my career that what is available to a straight writer is not available to a gay writer. - Kevin Sessums
I think I just felt a sadness at some points in my career that what is available to a straight writer is not available to a gay writer.
It's always been hard to be gay in Washington. - Kevin Sessums
It's always been hard to be gay in Washington.
I don't think everybody's gay. But I think a lot more people are than the world knows about. - Kevin Sessums
I don't think everybody's gay. But I think a lot more people are than the world knows about.
That's why I tried to kill myself when I was a student [in Yale]. I thought I was the only one there. - Kevin Sessums
That's why I tried to kill myself when I was a student [in Yale]. I thought I was the only one there.
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